Brazil's Prosecutor General's Office (PGR, the federal prosecution service) has asked the president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Justice Edson Fachin, to verify whether Justice André Mendonça, the justice handling the Banco Master investigation, ruled on a Federal Police request filed about six months ago. In March 2026, the Federal Police asked Mendonça to authorize the financial intelligence council known as COAF to complete a report on an official who holds "foro", the special standing that lets certain officeholders in Brazil be tried only by higher courts such as the STF. G1 reported the filing on Monday (Sept. 14).
The PGR filing does not name the official. Among the records exposed by the unsealing of yet another front of the case, the office cited a "Representation filed by the Federal Police in March of this year to obtain from COAF the complementation of a Financial Intelligence Report, kept under seal by the Intelligence Unit because it concerns an official with the prerogative of special jurisdiction". According to the newspaper O Globo, the report sent by COAF had the official's name covered by redaction bars.
"Since the released case files contain no record of any subsequent action, and the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office has not ruled on the police representation, we ask that the office of the reporting justice certify whether in fact no decision was issued and, if otherwise, and should the request have been granted, whether the document is available for the justices' consultation as requested," the PGR wrote.
A timeline of the case
The Master case investigates Banco Master and its owner, banker Daniel Vorcaro, who is in custody in Brasília. During the probe, the Federal Police asked COAF for financial intelligence reports on individuals and companies tied to the investigation. The one concerning the official with special jurisdiction stayed sealed. On Sunday (Sept. 13), Justice Alexandre de Moraes asked Fachin to unseal the inquiry before Tuesday's session (Sept. 15). The PGR backed the move, Fachin asked Mendonça to lift the seals, and the STF has since made 53 case files public.
A Financial Intelligence Report (RIF in Portuguese) is a technical document flagging unusual or suspect transactions. COAF, the Council for the Control of Financial Activities, builds it from alerts filed by banks, insurers and other institutions required by law to report, and it lists overall amounts, the parties involved and signs of crimes such as money laundering.
What comes next
The PGR request lands on the eve of Tuesday's session (Sept. 15), when the STF justices decide whether to open an investigation into Moraes's relationship with Vorcaro. Separately, Fachin's office must process the certification request. The PGR filing sets no deadline, and the released files contain no record of any decision by Mendonça on the March police request.